Whole Lotta Rosie...

...I got a bit crafty today...first time since Christmas Eve...it feels soooo good to have disgustingly inky fingers again :o))



I used a Stitchels flower to make a metal rose...the design I used is the Dotty Dot large flower and I stamped it onto some Barn Red Ten Second Studio metal...then backed it with black card and refined the edges and the dots inside the design. I cut the flowers up and used some Super Glue to stick the layers altogether...mmm, I really shouldn't use that kinda glue, I have it stuck everywhere now LOL **anyone know how to get it out from under fingernails????**




The base for the project is a Maya Road bracket book page, which I cut across the top to make a flat edge for hanging...I used Traditional Tan paint (Claudine Hellmuth got it soooo right with this colour!) and once this way dry, splodged some Rock Candy Cracklepaint over the top. I spritzed it all with English Ivy Glimmer Mists...I wanted a patchy look, so I over spritzed with Walnut Gold Glimmer Mists.




The background stamping is from the marvelously wonderful Studio 490 range of stamps, divided with a row of diamonds (not real ones I hasten to add) and I used a Maya Road shape for the sentiment...which is also a Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 stamp too. The little bottle has some teensy beady chain in it...and I added some rusty wire to make the hanger and a rusty heart with some more of the beady chain wrapped on it to co-ordinate.




Thanks for looking...I am off to sit on the sofa and pig out on a huge Chinese takeaway...hey, it is still Christmas isn't it? So ... it is ok for me to pig out again...trouble is, my trousers will be too tight tomorrow night so I will have to go and loose 2 stone in a day...fancy my chances????

Hels x

PS....'scuse the rubbish photography...again...the camera is on the blink and I haven't had time to faff in Photo Shop...please click on the pics for a better look...mind you, saying that, it would probably make them look worse ROFL

Sunday Stampers - Week 65 - Whole Lotta Rosie

Morning Stampers!

Another Sunday already!!! Thank you to all who joined in with the challenge last week...I loved all your entries :O))

This week the theme is ... Roses ... yes, I know the song title is a loose interpretation but this happens to be another fave from my teenage years...and I even named my little puddytat after it....no, she wasn't called Whole Lotta!! LOL I have made another hanging piece for my entry this week, I really must start to make other things but am so addicted to this style of art!




I used some Jenni Bowlin papers for the background, sanding the edges and then using Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks to blend. I cut a fancy border strip using a Martha Stewart punch...still no Doily Punch at Chez Hels tho :O( Am still being patient (!) I used my Bug and Slice to make some card shapes, which were then treated to the same Distress inkyness and then a T!im Holtz collection wordy stamp for the main sentiment.




Adding a little bookplate and words from Catslife Press, I went on to embellish the piece with lots of Idea-ology bits and bobs, some heavenly chain for the hanging and ... ta dah! Some Grungepaper Stitchels roses...which I am completely addicted to and have made heaps of them...a whole bunch ... get it.....a bunch!!! LOL I used some Spiced Marmalade Distress Stickles too...just to add a bit of bling to the rose petals....Click HERE to go to the Tutorial on how to make the Stitchels Roses if you haven't already seen it.....The majority of the goodies used on this piece, including the Stitchels are available from The Artistic Stamper.




As ever, to join in with the challenge, all you need to do it make something using stamping, incorporate the theme, be it a made rose, a paper rose, a rosie embellie, a stamped rose....tis up to you... please leave me a comment with a link to your Blog and I will hop over and visit you. Thanks for looking...have a great Sunday, I am off to Stevenage to melt some plastic at the Stamperama...if you see a poor woman laden with bags and looking a bit frazzled..that'll be my mate Linda, I will be the calm one with her LOL :O))

Hels x